Most Similar Movies to Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)


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The Elephant Man (1980), Brian Banks (2018), I Want to Live! (1958), Conviction (2010), Breathe (2017), Al Capone (1959), The Hoodlum Priest (1961) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

The Elephant Man (1980)

The Elephant Man (1980)

8.1/10 Drama, Biography

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.

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Brian Banks (2018)

Brian Banks (2018)

7.2/10 Biography, Drama

A football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later, he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.

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I Want to Live! (1958)

I Want to Live! (1958)

7.4/10 Biography

A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.

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Conviction (2010)

Conviction (2010)

7.2/10 Biography, Crime, Drama

A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

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Breathe (2017)

Breathe (2017)

7.1/10 Romance, Drama, Biography

The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Their heartwarming celebration of human possibility marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.

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Al Capone (1959)

Al Capone (1959)

6.8/10 Crime, Drama

A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.

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The Hoodlum Priest (1961)

The Hoodlum Priest (1961)

10.0/10 Biography

The Rev. Charles Dismas Clark (Don Murray), a Jesuit, works with St. Louis ex-convicts and juvenile delinquents.

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The Krays (1990)

The Krays (1990)

6.6/10 Crime, Drama, Biography

This fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.

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The Miracle Worker (1962)

The Miracle Worker (1962)

8.1/10 Drama, Biography

The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.

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Bandit Queen (1994)

Bandit Queen (1994)

7.6/10 Crime, Drama, Biography

The story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.

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Marie's Story (2014)

Marie's Story (2014)

7.5/10 Biography, Drama

Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.

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A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)

A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)

7.4/10 Comedy, Drama, Family, Biography

Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.

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Monster (2003)

Monster (2003)

7.3/10 Thriller, Drama, Crime, Biography

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.

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Find Me Guilty (2006)

Find Me Guilty (2006)

7.0/10 Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial history.

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Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

6.9/10 Crime, Drama

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.

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Legend (2015)

Legend (2015)

6.9/10 Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.

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Knock on Any Door (1949)

Knock on Any Door (1949)

6.8/10 Crime, Drama

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

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Let Us Live (1939)

Let Us Live (1939)

6.8/10 Crime, Drama

Two innocent men are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The fiance of one of them convinces a police detective of their innocence, and together they try to find the real killer before the men's execution date.

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